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â€œEverything Could Explode at Any Momentâ€ - gbaikie - 4/30/2006 2:03:05 AM
- re: â€œEverything Could Explode at Any Momentâ€ - gbaikie - 4/30/2006 2:08:23 AM
  - My bad- forget quotes - gbaikie - 4/30/2006 2:12:10 AM

Energy panic: some perspective. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2006 6:32:15 PM
- How the world COULD change.... - Lindy - 4/27/2006 5:34:09 PM
  - Yeah. Windmill-powered flying cars. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2006 6:56:31 PM
    - re: What would the wind velocity need to be to make a car fly? (n/t) - Johannes - 4/28/2006 11:11:43 PM
      - Call a balloon and "car" and the answer is zero. (n/t) - gbaikie - 4/29/2006 12:27:44 AM
        
        re: I like your answer :-) (n/t) - Johannes - 4/29/2006 3:36:42 AM
        
        Well, THAT is an endorsement Gbaikie!!!! - R.L. - 4/29/2006 1:21:43 PM
        
        So, do we need to do more one liners? - gbaikie - 4/29/2006 9:33:25 PM
        
        Sure. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2006 1:51:29 AM
    - Sort of like... - Laurie Street - 4/28/2006 10:26:45 PM
- That ratio could also indicate... - podrock - 4/27/2006 2:48:11 AM

Peak Oil Panic - gbaikie - 4/28/2006 9:05:44 AM
- Has Global Oil Production Reached Maximum Capacity? A Debate on Peak Oil - ljk - 4/28/2006 3:09:38 PM
  - Isaac Asimov's 1977 story on life in 1997 without fossil fuels - ljk - 4/28/2006 3:26:33 PM

I must admit... - Donald - 4/27/2006 12:37:33 AM
- I see you one, and raise you one - Lindy - 4/28/2006 1:35:18 AM
- Belly Laughs - Lindy - 4/27/2006 1:24:44 PM
- To punctuate the point - Donald - 4/27/2006 12:45:35 AM

Prominent U.S. Physicists Send Letter to President Bush - Lindy - 4/25/2006 7:41:49 PM
- The USA does NOT need to use nukes to cripple Iran's nuke plants. - David F Mayer - 4/26/2006 1:26:56 PM
  - An alternative. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/26/2006 11:15:20 PM
    - Good ideas. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/27/2006 3:03:56 PM
- Meanwhile, back in Iran.... - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2006 10:41:23 PM
  - re: Meanwhile, back in Iran.... - Lindy - 4/26/2006 12:04:29 AM
    - Lindy's expressed the jist of the issue, imho - McFly - 4/27/2006 1:09:24 AM
    - re: Meanwhile, back in Iran.... - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2006 1:26:40 AM
- Pretty much the only person who has insisted that Bush is planning a nuclear attack is Seymour Hersh. - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2006 10:35:48 PM
- re: Prominent U.S. Physicists Send Letter to President Bush - ljk - 4/25/2006 9:38:06 PM

Al Gore was right afterall - Donald - 4/26/2006 1:33:23 PM
- If you get past the headline... - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2006 3:26:15 PM
  - Escuse me but.... - Donald - 4/27/2006 1:04:12 AM
  - The "Gaia" scientist James Lovelock agrees - Lindy - 4/26/2006 3:29:55 PM
    - GAIA...he coined the term FOR our dear Mother Earth... - Lindy - 4/27/2006 1:07:37 AM
      - ahh. I misinterpreted. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/27/2006 2:59:59 PM
    - Coined the phrase "mother earth"? I don't think so. - alcaray - 4/26/2006 10:12:21 PM
    - re: James Lovelock - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2006 6:27:05 PM
      - While he "hypes" his book, Bush goes into complete denial. - Lindy - 4/26/2006 9:42:11 PM
        
        "clamping down" on oil companies. - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2006 3:23:14 AM
        
        And one more thing... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2006 3:51:35 AM

I'm liking Tony - FrankC - 4/26/2006 7:28:44 PM
- Oh, THAT Tony - Laurie Street - 4/26/2006 9:35:05 PM
  - yeh, I like our Tony better (n/t) - alcaray - 4/26/2006 10:08:08 PM
    - The president's spokesperson today said - Tony Warm Drizzle (ex spokesperson). - 4/27/2006 1:20:39 AM
      - Cute - FrankC - 4/27/2006 4:34:00 AM
        
        That was an Original copyrighted Tony :-p - Tony - 4/27/2006 1:00:31 PM
        
        Huh? (n/t) - R.L. - 4/27/2006 6:26:31 AM
        
        Not all satire involves me... - R.L. - 4/27/2006 7:57:58 AM

An Offer They Canâ€™t Refuse - gbaikie - 4/27/2006 2:50:56 AM

Monica again threatens Australia, now very strong Category 5 - Eric - 4/23/2006 4:42:15 PM
- " If the satellite estimates are true, Monica has become the most intense storm ever recorded in the entire world." - Lindy - 4/24/2006 4:42:28 PM
  - re: " If the satellite estimates are true, Monica has become the most intense storm ever recorded in the entire world." - Marcia - 4/26/2006 3:03:52 PM
    - Joy? Not. - Lindy - 4/26/2006 3:26:12 PM
      - re: Joy? Not. - Marcia - 4/26/2006 3:53:31 PM
      - re: Joy? Not. - Marcia - 4/26/2006 3:51:16 PM
        
        Monica and Mala from Space - ljk - 4/26/2006 6:44:54 PM

The Roots of Terrorism - SDF - 4/25/2006 11:28:18 PM
- This is how it began... - ljk - 4/26/2006 2:08:50 PM

And job "creation" in America sux - alcaray - 4/20/2006 4:12:39 PM
- And let me tell you why - Robert - 4/20/2006 5:23:27 PM
  - healthcare - SDG - 4/21/2006 5:26:07 AM
    - true - Robert - 4/21/2006 6:14:10 PM
      - Health care - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 11:41:55 PM
        
        Universal health care - Robert - 4/22/2006 4:42:07 PM
        
        re: Universal health care - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2006 10:50:55 PM
        
        Just buy the drug off the shelf? - nick hoffman - 4/24/2006 11:05:21 PM
        
        But the good news is... - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2006 4:01:45 AM
        
        re: Universal health care - Robert - 4/23/2006 5:15:47 PM
        
        re: Universal health care - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2006 10:04:05 PM
        
        R&D investment - Robert - 4/24/2006 4:27:06 PM
        
        re: R&D investment - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 5:03:31 PM
        
        appropriate choice - Robert - 4/24/2006 7:04:40 PM
        
        re: appropriate choice - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 10:26:30 PM
  - Overhead - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 12:23:17 AM
    - Now that you've gotten the obligatory knee-jerk reaction out of your system.... - Robert - 4/21/2006 1:58:44 AM
      - Overhead - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 3:21:27 AM
        
        re: Overhead - Robert - 4/21/2006 5:55:54 PM
        
        You misunderstood - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 11:38:39 PM
        
        What? That's never happened before! - Robert - 4/22/2006 5:13:01 PM
        
        Real estate - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2006 12:51:54 AM
        
        Did the software misorder the posts? - Robert - 4/23/2006 5:53:16 PM
        
        lets keep things in perspective - . - 4/25/2006 9:58:46 PM
        
        OK - Robert - 4/26/2006 3:33:52 AM
        
        Property value.... - R.L. - 4/24/2006 12:22:27 AM
        
        Personally, I was fascinated by the idea that property has more intrinsic value than people. - Mary Anne - 4/23/2006 6:53:22 PM
        
        Cripes. - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2006 10:01:04 PM
        
        Just pulling the two pieces of the thread together, is all. - Mary Anne - 4/23/2006 10:23:16 PM

Anybody notice what's missing from the latest bin Laden tape? - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 10:30:38 PM
- Correction... - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2006 6:37:17 AM
  - Osama is obviously totally insane. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/25/2006 1:05:18 PM
- re: Network - Raoul - 4/25/2006 5:28:42 AM
- Frankly... - Donald - 4/25/2006 1:00:00 AM
- I think Al Q has taken a PR hit for all the attacks against Muslims. - alcaray - 4/24/2006 11:02:20 PM

Only in America...... - Lindy - 4/21/2006 9:55:22 PM
- State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information in the same manner - Eric - 4/22/2006 2:04:32 PM
- No Proof of Secret C.I.A. Prisons, European Antiterror Chief Says - SteveS - 4/21/2006 11:14:32 PM
  - BS - R.L. - 4/24/2006 3:46:39 AM
    - re: BS - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 8:27:21 AM
      - I am NOT arguing that she not be prosecuted - R.L. - 4/25/2006 1:00:28 AM
      - Where did you get the idea it is "false classified info"? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/24/2006 11:08:47 PM
        
        It's a theory that's been tossed around. I don't put much credence in it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2006 3:59:54 AM
      - A crime? - Tony - 4/24/2006 9:43:32 PM
        
        Don't ask me. - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 10:13:07 PM
  - re: What your america has done... - Raoul - 4/22/2006 7:35:04 AM
    - re: What your america has done... - SteveS - 4/22/2006 1:24:41 PM
      - re: What your america has done... - Raoul - 4/23/2006 10:00:14 AM
  - Uhhh........Steve - Lindy - 4/22/2006 2:28:48 AM
    - re: Uhhh........Lindy - SteveS - 4/22/2006 12:36:48 PM

Iranian security forces killed 10 members of Pejak - gbaikie - 4/24/2006 7:26:50 PM

Latest lie from Cindy Sheehan - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2006 12:05:48 AM
- Quite frankly she is your best friend... - R.L. (Now Targeted By The Neocons) - 4/24/2006 5:38:29 AM
  - When I look at it again... - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 8:20:42 AM
- Quite frankly she is your best friend... - R.L. (Now Targeted By The Neocons) - 4/24/2006 5:38:27 AM
- Why do conservatives follow her around... - alcaray - 4/20/2006 11:14:52 PM
- Symbols - Laurie Street - 4/20/2006 8:33:06 PM
  - That didn't even make sense. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 3:30:46 AM
    - Maybe not to you - Laurie Street - 4/21/2006 5:37:46 PM

Troops return to Tennessee - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 8:13:26 AM

Rupert Murdock to speak for Bush? - Publius - 4/23/2006 3:16:13 PM
- have a link? (n/t) - gbaikie - 4/24/2006 1:53:29 AM
  - It's been on many news outlets. - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2006 2:33:24 AM
    - re: It's been on many news outlets. - gbaikie - 4/24/2006 3:26:52 AM
- At least it suggests it's not the other way round (n/t) - Robert - 4/23/2006 6:01:14 PM

Dealing with Iran - Raoul - 4/23/2006 9:52:45 AM
- re: Dealing with Iran - gbaikie - 4/23/2006 1:21:34 PM
  - re: Dealing with Iran - Raoul - 4/23/2006 3:00:46 PM
    - re: Dealing with Iran - gbaikie - 4/23/2006 11:50:04 PM

Osama speaks................... - Publius - 4/23/2006 1:56:06 PM

War costs approach $10 billion a month - Lindy - 4/22/2006 3:23:51 AM
- $10 billion pays for about 81 hours of the current entitlement budget. - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2006 10:44:38 PM
  - or 8 months of the NASA budget (n/t) - dtb - 4/23/2006 5:39:14 AM
- And US Marine states "We have emboldened Iran and destabilized the entire Middle East" - Lindy - 4/22/2006 5:24:22 PM
- re: War costs approach $10 billion a month - gbaikie - 4/22/2006 11:03:42 AM
  - Meanwhile - Donald - 4/22/2006 1:52:37 PM
    - re: Meanwhile - gbaikie - 4/22/2006 9:10:46 PM
      - 2,386 - Donald - 4/22/2006 11:56:06 PM
        
        re: 2,386 - gbaikie - 4/23/2006 2:19:01 AM
        
        285 vs 2,389 - Donald - 4/23/2006 12:18:53 PM
- Hey... - Donald - 4/22/2006 4:02:08 AM

Iraq Breaks Political Deadlock!???? (This time for sure, Rocky) - David F Mayer - 4/23/2006 1:35:56 AM
- At least they're still trying. - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2006 2:09:38 AM

Iran elected deputy for Asian nations of UN Commission on Disarmament - SteveS - 4/17/2006 11:24:52 PM
- More of the peaceful Iran rhetoric - SteveS - 4/18/2006 1:55:07 PM
  - You mean "more peaceful islamic rhetoric", don't you? - SDF - 4/19/2006 2:15:52 AM
    - "every Muslim cleric" - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 1:27:44 PM
      - re: "every Muslim cleric" - SDF - 4/20/2006 5:43:43 PM
        
        Yeah, screw the First Amendment. - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 6:27:26 PM
        
        re: Yeah, screw the First Amendment. - SDF - 4/20/2006 8:00:24 PM
        
        May I ask where you live? - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 9:16:59 PM
        
        Obviously we disagree - SDF - 4/20/2006 11:13:17 PM
        
        Please note - not all Canadians feel this way! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 4/21/2006 5:40:11 PM
        
        Good grief, I hope not! - alcaray - 4/21/2006 6:42:45 PM
        
        re: Please note - I'm sure that's true! (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 6:13:14 PM
        
        And how do you test for that? - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 11:39:52 PM
        
        Simple. Screen immigrants at the Canadian embassy in their country of origin, before they even get here. - SDF - 4/21/2006 12:11:59 AM
        
        Immigration regulation by dress code! Ha! - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 1:45:59 PM
        
        I still think it's a good idea to screen on the basis of conspicuous religious attire. - SDF - 4/21/2006 4:27:02 PM
        
        You will screen the honest for being honest. Congratulations! - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 4:50:00 PM
        
        At least it might be partially effective. - SDF - 4/21/2006 5:08:13 PM
        
        So you're saying that it's OK to be an evangelical agnostic? - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 5:28:57 PM
        
        I've never seen those two words put together -- How artistic! - SDF - 4/22/2006 12:51:11 PM
        
        As I said elsewhere, irony is a mystery to you, isn't it? - Mary Anne - 4/22/2006 4:37:42 PM
    - The problem is...the UN is rewarding them (n/t) - SteveS - 4/19/2006 3:25:44 AM
      - They are as deperately in need of separation of mosque and state as they are for bigger paycheques (n/t) - SDF - 4/19/2006 2:05:52 PM

A Nation for All - gbaikie - 4/21/2006 7:47:47 AM
- Thanks, Geoff. - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 2:24:23 PM
  - re: Thanks, Geoff. - gbaikie - 4/22/2006 2:20:21 AM

Save the Polar Bears from the warm weather! Later, when it warms up a bit. - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2006 12:55:01 AM
- And now for the last paragraph: - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 1:10:32 PM
  - The last paragraph is misleading. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 1:14:04 AM
    - I'm not sure that your broadening of the scope invalidates this study. - alcaray - 4/21/2006 3:52:01 PM
    - Yes, I agree. Thanks for the correction. - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 2:45:56 PM
      - Just to make something clear... - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 4:34:47 PM

Ahmadinejad's Demons - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 4:06:33 AM
- re: Cockfight - Raoul - 4/21/2006 5:36:22 AM

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